Hose-supporter clasp.



B. F. OREWILER.

HOSE SUPPORTER CLASP.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 6, 1909.

1,012,422, Patented Dec. 19,1911.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN OREWII-ER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

HOSE-SUPPORTER CLASP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 19, 1911.

Application filed April 6, 1909. Serial No. 488,171.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN F. ORE- winn'u, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Chicago. in the county of (look and State ofIllinois, have invented a new and useful ll'lose-Supporter Clasp, ofwhich the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to a clasp for hose supporters and the like ofthat type having coat-tingstud and loop elements for gripping the hoseor other garment, and the principal object of the'present invention isthe provisirm or improved means for firmly locking the clasp to thegarment or hose.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a comparativelysimple and inexpensive clasp which can be readily attacl'icd or detachedand possessing a firm grip without danger of tearing the fabric.

\Vith these objects in view and others, as will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention comprises the various novel featuresof construction and arrangement of parts which will be more fullydescribed hereinafter and set forth with particularity in the claimsappended hereto.

In the accompanying drawing, which illustrates one embodiment of theinvention, Figure 1 is a front. view of the clasp open. Fig. 2 issimilar view of the clasp closed. Fig. 3 is a central vertical sectionof Fig. 2. Fig. l is a perspective view of the clasp dctached andlooking from the rear.

Similar reference characters are employed to designate correspondingparts throughout the views.

Referring to the drawing, A designates the loop member of the clasp; B,the stud cooperating therewith; and C, the keeper or locking member forholding the stud against detachment from the loop member.

The loop member structcd ot a single piece of wire bent centrally onitself to form a stud-receiving eye 1. that connected with ashankcomposed of two resilient bar portions 2 that diverge {lightly in adirection away from the eye ind which teru'iinatc in oppositely-doubled'erminal members 3 that cooperate to form L. loop for receiving the web,tape or the like ll, of the hose supporter. The shank formed 1 the parts2 carries the slidablc keeper 0. [his keeper is preferabl a sheet metaltamping having an eye 4 disposed parallel vith the eye of the loopmember and coop- A is preferably con- The stud member crating therewithto receive the Stud member B. The upper end of the eye t is formed withan extensitm. 5 provided with oppositely-(lisposcd lugs 6 that are bentbackwarilly and inwardly to form a collar eml.)ltt(lilg the shank of theloop member A. The extremity of the keeper (7 opposite from the collaris formed into a loop 7 that opens into the eye 4, the loop forming acontracted throat S for receiving the shank 9 of the stud B. The loop 7is faced with rubber or other elastic material 10, the tKllltSlVtElltSSof which holds the hose or other garment without the necessity oftightly gripping the fabric between the rubber and shank of the stud.The sides of the throat are inset sulliciently to receive the rubber, asshown in Fig". 4, so that the surface oi the rubber will be tlush withthe surface of the edge oi the eye in the keeper and will, consequently,offer no obstruction to the entrance of the fabric into the throat andwill not be cut and worn by the passage of the fabric thereovcr, Thewidth of the throat is such that the frictional contact of the rubberwith the garment will hold the same so that the punching of holes in thefabric by stretching the same tightly over the stud is avoided.

The keeper is free to move (.lownwardly on the her A, and the eye theweb-attachinp,

upwardly and shank of the loop momi at the lower end and loop at theupper end iorm stops for limiting the movement of the keeper. When thekeeper is in open position, as shown in Fig. .l, the shank members 2will be spread apart, and when the keeper is in locking position asshown in Fig. 2, the shank members will be drawn together or subjectedto tension so as" to thereby frictionally grip the collar 01. the keeperand prevent it from slipping open. B is provided with a base plate 11 towhich thcaviebbing or tape D is connected by being doubled through theeyes or loops 12 of the base plate, and the onion end of the stud shank9 is formed into a head 13 of such size as to freely enter the eyes ofthe loop member and keeper.

In practice, the clasp is attached to a garment while the keeper is inthe position shown in Fig.1. The stud is engaged under the garment E, asindicated in Fig. 3, and

the portion of the garment over the stud is thrust with the latterthrough the registering eyes 1 and 4 of the loop member and-119 keeper,respectively. When the garment is thus positioned, the keeper is movedupwardly on the loop member to the position shown in Fig. 2, and therebythe shank ofveither eye, while they are not in register.

Ifthe stud should work upwardly into the throat formed between the bars2, it cannot become disengaged from the eye l,'because thethroatisnarrower than the eye, and because the bars 2 are spaced apart lessthan the diameter of the head of the stud. In looking the clasp, it ismerely necessary to engage the lower extremity of the keeper by thethumb, While the upper end of the looking member is engaged by the indexfinger and the two parts pressed together. In opening the clasp, theloop 3 of the locking member is gripped by the thumb and finger of onehand, while -the'eye e of the keeper is simply gripped by the other handand the two members pulled apart so far as they will" move, when theeyes will register. The stud is then free to move out of the eyes todisengage the garment.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawing,

' the advantages of the construction and of the method of operation willbe readily apparent to those skilled in the art to which the inventionappertains, and while I have described the principle of operation of'theinvention, together with the device which I v now consider to be thebest embodiment thereof, I desire to have it understood that the deviceshown is merely illustrative, and that such changes may be made whendesired as are within the scope of. the claim appended hereto.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters-Patent, is

In a device of the class described, the combination of a loop memberconsisting of a single piece of wire bent at its center to form aterminal eye, spaced bars leading from the eye, and a transverseattaching loop formed at the ends of the Wire, the bars 1 being spacedcloser together than the diameter of the eye and providing a resilientshank, with a keeper lying upon the loop member and consisting of asingle piece of sheet metal formed at one end with a collar to embracethe spaced bars, at an intermediate point formed with an eye, and at theother end having a contracted throat which is closed at its outer endand is formed with substantially parallel side walls, and is open at itsinner end leading into the eye, and a stud member separate from both theloop member and keeper, said keeper being slidable outwardly along-theloop member to carry the two eyes into register for inserting orreleasing the stud member, and then slidable inwardly on the loop memberto bring the throat of the keeper into register with the eye of the loopmember, thereby causing the spaced'bars of the resilient shank to extendacross the eye of the keeper, in which position the stud member isengaged in the throat of the keeper, said bars being spaced apart adistance less than the diameter of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN orrwrtrs.

Witnesses:

L. A. OREVVILER, M. M. OREWILER.

